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Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Nepesta, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Nepesta and the surrounding area.
- Astronomy & Satellites ...
- Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above
website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
- To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above,
we pass this GPS location for Nepesta:
- 38.168893, -104.143019
- Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Nepesta
- Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Pueblo County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pueblo County
- Since Nepesta is near Crowley County and also Otero County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Crowley County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Otero County
- Waymarking ...
- Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Nepesta
Curious and Interesting Names Near Nepesta ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
- Elder
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Elder is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elder
- Fearnowville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Fearnowville is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fearnowville
- Fowler
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hamlet
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hamlet is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlet
- King Center
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- King Center is located in Crowley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Center
- Rocky Ford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Salt Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Salt Creek is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Creek
- Vineland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Vineland is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineland
How Far From Nepesta to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Nepesta to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Nepesta and extending to:
- Pueblo, which is the Seat of Pueblo County, lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Nepesta to Pueblo, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 117 miles [188.3 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,459 miles [2,348 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 57 days and walking would take 83 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,937 miles [11,164 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,697 miles [12,387.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,615 miles [9,036.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Nepesta) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day. |
| <4> | The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Nepesta to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Nepesta. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.1689, Longitude: -104.1430 In this case, the coordinates for Nepesta have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 325.747 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 323.953 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.684 degrees. |
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